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Knowledge coproduction to improve assessments of nature's contributions to people
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Sustainability science needs new approaches to produce, share, and use knowledge because there are major barriers to translating research into policy and practice. Multiple actors hold relevant knowledge for sustainability including indigenous and local people who have developed over generations knowledge, methods, and practices that ...
Améline Vallet +9 more
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Do you know to whom you pay your taxes? The case of decentralised Spain
Social Policy &Administration, Volume 57, Issue 5, Page 770-788, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Surveys show that most citizens are unable to correctly identify the taxes received or the services provided by the different levels of government. This shortcoming represents an obstacle to democratic accountability and for the efficiency gains that the theory of fiscal federalism attributes to fiscal decentralisation be effective. Exploiting
Julio López‐Laborda +2 more
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EFSA Journal, Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) was assessed according to the criteria of the Animal Health Law (AHL), in particular, the criteria of Article 7 on disease profile and impacts, Article 5 on its eligibility to be listed, Annex IV for its categorisation according to disease prevention and control rules as in Article 9, and Article 8 for ...
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) +29 more
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Assessing place‐based identities in the early Middle Ages: a proposal for post‐Roman Iberia
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 23-50, February 2023., 2023 Sociological models of place‐based identity can be used to better understand the social dynamics of local communities and how they interact with their surroundings. This paper explores how these theoretical models of belonging to a place, in tandem with communal cognitive maps, can be applied to post‐Roman contexts, taking the Iberian Peninsula in the ...
Javier Martínez Jiménez +1 more
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Expanding narratives of governance constraints to improve coral reef conservation
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 5, October 2022., 2022 Abstract To understand and address the failures of reef governance, it is critical to understand the perceptions of diverse policy makers and practitioners about the challenges they face in achieving their goals. Examining the discourse of policy makers and practitioners can reveal the extent to which these perceptions capture the full spectrum of ...
Rachel A. Turner +3 more
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Early career researchers' identity: A qualitative review
Higher Education Quarterly, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 786-799, October 2022., 2022 Abstract In recent decades, higher education has witnessed the development of a series of policies aimed at improving its quality. To this end, accountability measures have been promoted, which are having a major impact on academics. In addition, the precariousness of work in this professional sector is contributing to emphasise its consequences.
Javier Mula +3 more
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Modeling population effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a long‐lived species
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 2022., 2022 Abstract The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill exposed common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Barataria Bay, Louisiana to heavy oiling that caused increased mortality and chronic disease and impaired reproduction in surviving dolphins. We conducted photographic surveys and veterinary assessments in the decade following the spill.
Lori H. Schwacke +20 more
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Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022 Abstract High‐conservation‐value forests (HCVFs) are critically important for biodiversity and ecosystem service provisioning, but they face many threats. Where systematic HCVF inventories are missing, such as in parts of Eastern Europe, these forests remain largely unacknowledged and therefore often unprotected.
Catalina Munteanu +6 more
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Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022 Abstract When in 2010 the world's governments pledged to increase protected area coverage to 17% of the world's land surface, several Central African countries had already set aside 25% of their northern savannas for conservation. To evaluate the effectiveness of this commitment, we analyzed the results of 68 multispecies surveys conducted in the seven
Paul Scholte +9 more
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 4-24, January 2022., 2022 Abstract Aim Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is regarded as a keystone plant species. Trophic interactions may affect the distribution and abundance of phytophagous species, but the number of arthropod species that use holm oak as a food resource and their levels of host specificity are not yet known.
Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero +3 more
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